BIO 431 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+
Function of hemoglobin - Answers Oxygen transport
How would hypoxia affect the production of erythropoietin? - Answers would stimulate an
increase in production in the kidneys
What type of antiserum will type AB + blood agglutinate with? (anti-A, anti-B, anti-Rh) - Answers
Anti-A, Anti-B, and Anti-Rh
Which layer of the blood vessel alters the diameter of the lumen? - Answers Tunica Media
Which chamber of the heart first receives freshly oxygenated blood? - Answers Left Atrium
Starling's law in the capillary shows us that - Answers fluid movement is reabsorption at the
venule end of the capillary.
Which blood vessels function in the exchange of gases and nutrients? - Answers capillaries
Which of the following is true?
A) Systolic BP contributes more to MAP because it is a larger number.
B) Diastolic BP contributes more to MAP because it is a larger number.
C) Diastolic BP contributes more to MAP because the heart is resting longer than it is
contracting. - Answers **C) Diastolic BP contributes more to MAP because the heart is resting
longer than it is contracting.
Which of the following describes the effect that an increase in ADH has on BP?
a) Increase in BP
b) decrease in BP
c) no change in BP - Answers a) increase in BP
Which of the following lists the two primary lymphatic organs?
A) Peyer's patches and lacteals
B) Thymus and tonsils
C) Tonsils and red bone marrow
D) Thymus and red bone marrow - Answers D) Thymus and red bone marrow
Which of the following lists the leukocytes that are phagocytic?
, A) Basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils
B) Basophils, erythrocytes, neutrophils
C) Macrophages, erythrocytes, neutrophils
D) Macrophages, eosinophils, neutrophils - Answers D) macrophages, eosinophils, and
neutrophils
The site of gas exchange within the lungs are the - Answers alveoli
What effect does surfactant have on water? - Answers decreases surface tension of water
Which class of hormones is derived from cholesterol? - Answers Steroid
The hormones released by the posterior pituitary are - Answers ADH and Oxytocin
Which of the following hormones is produced by gonadotrophs?
A) FSH
B) hGH
C) PRL
D) ACTH
E) TSH - Answers A) FSH
Where would you find corticotrophs and gonadotrophs? - Answers anterior pituitary
Prolactin is a nontropic hormone because - Answers it stimulates an exocrine gland
Which layer of the adrenal gland secretes mineralcorticoids? - Answers zona glomerulosa
Which of the following structures directly controls the pituitary?
a) pineal gland
b) hypothalamus
c) thyroid
d) thymus - Answers b) hypothalamus
Which of the following is the target of ACTH?
a) Thyroid gland
b) Adrenal medulla
Function of hemoglobin - Answers Oxygen transport
How would hypoxia affect the production of erythropoietin? - Answers would stimulate an
increase in production in the kidneys
What type of antiserum will type AB + blood agglutinate with? (anti-A, anti-B, anti-Rh) - Answers
Anti-A, Anti-B, and Anti-Rh
Which layer of the blood vessel alters the diameter of the lumen? - Answers Tunica Media
Which chamber of the heart first receives freshly oxygenated blood? - Answers Left Atrium
Starling's law in the capillary shows us that - Answers fluid movement is reabsorption at the
venule end of the capillary.
Which blood vessels function in the exchange of gases and nutrients? - Answers capillaries
Which of the following is true?
A) Systolic BP contributes more to MAP because it is a larger number.
B) Diastolic BP contributes more to MAP because it is a larger number.
C) Diastolic BP contributes more to MAP because the heart is resting longer than it is
contracting. - Answers **C) Diastolic BP contributes more to MAP because the heart is resting
longer than it is contracting.
Which of the following describes the effect that an increase in ADH has on BP?
a) Increase in BP
b) decrease in BP
c) no change in BP - Answers a) increase in BP
Which of the following lists the two primary lymphatic organs?
A) Peyer's patches and lacteals
B) Thymus and tonsils
C) Tonsils and red bone marrow
D) Thymus and red bone marrow - Answers D) Thymus and red bone marrow
Which of the following lists the leukocytes that are phagocytic?
, A) Basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils
B) Basophils, erythrocytes, neutrophils
C) Macrophages, erythrocytes, neutrophils
D) Macrophages, eosinophils, neutrophils - Answers D) macrophages, eosinophils, and
neutrophils
The site of gas exchange within the lungs are the - Answers alveoli
What effect does surfactant have on water? - Answers decreases surface tension of water
Which class of hormones is derived from cholesterol? - Answers Steroid
The hormones released by the posterior pituitary are - Answers ADH and Oxytocin
Which of the following hormones is produced by gonadotrophs?
A) FSH
B) hGH
C) PRL
D) ACTH
E) TSH - Answers A) FSH
Where would you find corticotrophs and gonadotrophs? - Answers anterior pituitary
Prolactin is a nontropic hormone because - Answers it stimulates an exocrine gland
Which layer of the adrenal gland secretes mineralcorticoids? - Answers zona glomerulosa
Which of the following structures directly controls the pituitary?
a) pineal gland
b) hypothalamus
c) thyroid
d) thymus - Answers b) hypothalamus
Which of the following is the target of ACTH?
a) Thyroid gland
b) Adrenal medulla
